Corset



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CORSET.

No. 270,739. Patented Jan. 16,1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR BY MM.

J ATTORNEYS.

7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICH ARD V. CABLE, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,739,-dated January16, 1883'.

Application filed September 16, 1882. (Modelo To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, RICHARD V. CABLE, of Poughkeepsie. in the county ofDutehess and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corsets, of which through the line m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4,Sheet 1,

is a sectional view of a part of the same, taken through the line 3 y,Fig. 2. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a plan viewof the separate pieces foronehalf of a corset arranged in regular order.

My improvements in corsets consist in provin g upward extensions of thebreast-swells to prevent the dress falling in above the upper edge ofthe corset, and in the construction and attachment of skirt-supporters,as hereinafter described.

Each half of thecorsetisformed of six pieces, A B G D E F, connected byfive seams, a b c d 6, each piece and seam extending from the top to thebottom of the corset, and no short pieces or gores being used. The upperends of the three pieces A B C are widened at their adjacent edges, asshown in Fig. 5, to form the breast-swell, and the lower ends of thepieces DE are widened at their adjacentedges to form the hip-swell. Therear edge of the piece F, along which are formed the eyelets for the Ilaces, is made concave, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, so that when thecorset is drawn to the form of the wearer the adjacent edges of saidpieces F will be parallel, or nearly so. Over each seam a b c d e andupon each of the pieces 0 l) E are secured bone-pockets G, which latterare made wide, so that their side parts can be folded under twice informing the pockets, the bones being placed between the two folds.

The waistband H is made narrow at the sides of the corset, and becomeswider toward the front and rear, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Along theupper edge of the forward part of each half of the corset is secured abonepocket, I, which thus passes over the breastswell.

To the upper edge of the forward part of each half of the corset, anddirectly over the breast-swell, is secured the wide lower end of astrap, J, which is made narrower toward its upper end, and is stifi'enedby a ply, K; of starched netting or other suitable material, placedagainst its inner side.

To the side edges of the strap J and stiffening K are secured the outeredges of two flaps, L, the inner edges of which do not meet, and areprovided with eyelets to receive a1ace,M, so that by drawing the saidflaps toward each otherarounded shape will be given to the outer surfaceof the strap J, which is called by me the breast-form. The breast-formis further stifiened by two hone-pockets, N, which are secured to thestraps J, parallel with the side, edges of the said straps J, and withtheir uper ends meeting at an angle near the upper end tr the saidstrap. By this construction the breast-swell of the corset is continuedupward to prevent the dress from falling in at the upper edge of thecorset.

The narrow upper ends of the straps J are secured to the iorward ends ofshort elastic straps O, the rear ends of which are secured to the narrowupper ends of the tapered straps P. The wide lower ends of the straps Pare secured to the upper edges of the rear parts of the halves of thecorset.

In the rear parts of the waistband H are formed eyeletholes to receive.the hooks 1, formed upon the upper ends of the skirt-supporters Q. Thelower ends of the skirt-supporters Q are bent outward and upward to formbooks 2. In the middle parts of the supporters Q are cut semicircular orsemi-oval slits, and the lips thus formed are bent out-' ward and upwardto form hooks 3, as shown in Fig. 2. With this supporter the waistbandsof the underskirts are hooked upon the lower hooks, 2, and thewaistbands of the upper skirts are hooked upon the upper hooks, 3, bymeans of button-holes formed in the said waistbands. By thisconstruction. the weight of the skirts is thrown upon the shouldersofthe wearer, and the bulk of the waistbands is dietributed, so thatthey will not be directly upon the waist-line, and will not give anunnecessarily-increased size to the said waist-line.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with the frontshoulderstraps, J, of a corset, of the bone-pockets N, the flaps L, andthe laces M, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby anupward extension of the breastswell is obtained, preventing the dressfrom falling in above the edge of the corset, as set forth.

2. In a corset, the combination, with the waistband H, having eyelets,as specified, of 15 the skirt-supporters Q, having the hooks 1 2 3,located as specified, whereby said supporters are adapted for attachmentto said waistband, and to hold the waistbands of independent skirts asthey are distributed to prevent the 20 waist-line being unnecessarilyenlarged, as set forth.

RICHARD VARIOK CABLE. Witnesses:

WILLIAM R. WooDrN,

